Every tool changes, to some extent, the task it was invented to perform: the more powerful the tool the greater the change. Fresh from its success in commerce and industry our most powerful tool, the computer, seems poised to transform our approach to medical practice. tPAUL VAUGHAN discusses the existing and future use of computers in hospitals and general practice with: DR. MICHAEL ABRAMS Guy's Hospital
ALEX D'AGAPEYEFF
Computer Analysts and Programmers Ltd.
PROFESSOR JOHN ANDERSON King's College Hospital
PROFESSOR WILFRID CARD Glasgow University
MICHAEL HEALY
Medical Research Council
PROFESSOR JIM PAYNE
Royal College of Surgeons
Dr CLIVE SPICER
Medical Research Council Computing Centre
PROFESSOR IAN WOOTON Hammersmith Hospital
Computers and Society, two enquiries by Rex Malik : May 26 and 29